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| | BookRags: Henry, IV Biography |
 | | An able, ruthless, and secretive monarch, he led the empire into a disastrous confrontation with Pope Gregory VII in the Investiture Controversy. |
 | | Born in Goslar, Saxony, Henry IV was the only son of Emperor Henry III and Agnes of Poitou. |
 | | His father died when he was only 6, and he had a long and difficult minority as king, since early in 1062 he was taken from his mother and raised by a bevy of quarreling, scheming bishops. |
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